These guys are so health and safety bound, that I doubt they put their lives much at risk apart from driving to and from the scene.

Maybe events / displays have to be cancelled tho ! ?

As i heard it they were due to have some meetings to discuss the situation ON the 5th , but choose to strike instead ,

why ?

Besides, it's only London affected. The rest of us will be fine.

Total tossers. I really hope the government takes them to war.

FU.CK you public sector workers! :mad:

You are the reason we have a massive deficit!

I'm sick of subsidising your existence mate.

You should be grateful you have a job or move to the private sector (always hearing how public sector peeps could 'so easily' get more in the private sector).

No it isn't. Would you expect to do a public duty and not get any pay?

Les

Do you have practical experience of their attitude towards H&S, or are you just saying that for effect?

Les

If he did you would have nothing to whine about!

Les

i don't whine about him,i just pity the FOOL

My experiences of the Firemen (at least round here) are that they are useless.

My wife had a tree get hit by lightning and land on her car, despite the fire engine being there quite quickly it was members of the public who took charge of the situation ... the firemen and firegirls were stood around awaiting the arrival of their 'boss' before they did anything! :eek:

I arrived a few minutes after the event only to see them completely unorganised .... spending too much time discussing Health and Safety to be any good - a chocolate teapot comes to mind!

And to think they are paid £32k for doing bu99er all is annoying!

Think again dip****. My mate was a retained fireman and has, among other things, helped to cut more dead bodies out of crushed cars than you would ever want to have to do. He used to get called out with alarming regularity, to real and either dangerous or unsavory incidents.

Now I don't know about you, but I'm happy in the knowledge that there are teams of emergency service personel sitting ready for action if I ever need them - not knackered because they've been busy all day.

Anyway, its about time that we binned "bonfire night" anyway anywhere other than in organised displays

I personally know a few firemen, one of whom is a union-rep and comes from a line of old school unionists.
He still thinks communism was a good idea! It was just never given a chance:freak3::lol1:

It's a job, a J-O-B..... it's not a feckin duty Les, it's a job..... get your head out of your Beano for longer than 5 seconds and realise that this isn't the 1950's - it's 2010 :Whatever_

You are getting more crabby than I was with a raging toothache!

Its both of course, its a paid job and they have a duty to save lives and put fires out!

I treat it the same as being in the Forces. Yet again a paid job and the deal is that if you do go to war you are expected to risk your life as well of course. When you are not actually risking your life you spend the time training to do all that sort of thing more effectively!

I have of course had a good deal of experience of life up to 2010 and it serves my personal judgement pretty well I reckon.

Les

For a 'life risking job' do you have any evidence that it is actually more dangerous than other jobs?

I bet the mortality rate for bicycle couriers is higher.

mm, you guys do know there not striking cos of pay? there striking cos ther changing the working hours? and a forced change of contract

day/night
9 / 15 how it is now
11 / 13 how they propose to make it

about 5600 have refused to sign and are facing the sack, and thats what its all about

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Firemen...les.6117739.jp

Health & Safety rules seem to prevent Firefighters from risking their own lives to save others.

As mentioned in post above they're striking because they're being sacked for not changing their contracted hours.

Petes right when he says the firemen wont make a decision until the "boss" arrives. I have worked alongside the fire service on incidents on many an occasion and they are a great bunch of guys but talk about making a drama out of a crisis. Around here they will send two appliances to any incident no matter how small and trivial.

On one occasion a truck driver lost his foot (amputated on site) due to a bad decision by a fire chief. The practices they worked to was just sadly very inept. The fire chief I would say was incompetent in his duty to this guy and if it wasnt for myself and a workmate intervening he would have lost his lower leg and maybe his life.

Chip

Well they used to paint and check the hydrants etc around here but they will not even do that now as it's "not their job" to do it.

Chip

They all have 'other' jobs .... there is a queue a mile long of people wanting to join up ....

Sign or get sacked you bunch of lazy gits!!

You should hope that your house does not catch fire. Word gets around!

Les

I can't believe that you asked that question! Or did you not understand what I said in my post?

Les

Depends on the style of communism doesn't it

Les

Sack 'em all ....................... bunch of gay boyz!!! :lol1: Models!!! :lol1:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ce-models.html

actively working?


The only thing coppers activley work on is fining people who drive cars!

I knew it all along, you read the Daily Mail. :D :D :D

I do when it agree's with my opinion .... and on this it does!! :thumb:

They are a lazy bunch of double jobbing gayboyz .............. and should be sacked!!